Kitchen Sink

Howdy! Well we’re all moved in…that is to say all of our stuff is here. Boxes, yes-but it’s all here. We just got the internet working, so I thought I’d drop you all a line. I would just like to publicly thank the Lord and my sweet husband for my Kitchen sink. It is so beautiful and perfectly located. I could think of no better place than right there in the kitchen. Oh, and it’s under that big window with the pretty tree….so peaceful. Maybe tomorrow I’ll muse on the beauties of an oven It’s late and I’m still exhausted so I’m heading to bed. Thanks for all your prayers for our move. The Lord poured on the blessings and it was an enjoyable time.

Moving Day

Tomorrow and Saturday are the big moving days!!!!  Please pray that I would be cheerful and kind.  I don’t do well being tired and needing to make decisions.  Not a good combo.  I want to make this an enjoyable transition for our family.  This is such a huge blessing, and responsibility….can you feel the pressure mounting?!

Let Them Eat Cake

What do you do when Momma wakes up with a slight headache and REALLY wants to go back to bed? What to do when little guys are hungry and want to eat?  Well, this momma let them eat cake!!!  (Insert horrified gasps from the crowd.)  It helped me not be quite so uptight this morning and it won’t ruin them…right?  So, that’s the start to our day here.  I’ll let you know if anything crazy happens.  Happy rainy day!

Quandary

Ok ladies.  I need your help.  What do you all do the week of a move when it comes to food?  Do you eat out most meals?  Do easy frozen stuff?  Keep cooking until the last night and then pack up the last kitchen stuff?  I’m entering that last week and I’m in a quandary about planning my meals for this week.  So, please share your wisdom and what’s worked best for you and your family.  Thanks!!!

Great Quote

Here is a great verse and quote that was posted on the GirlTalk blog today. The quote is from Spurgeon. I really to read some of his stuff. In Bible college I believe we used his commentary on the Psalms, but I haven’t read much of his other writings. They are always rich. His wife’s biography is a must read if you haven’t already. It’s one of those I pick up every year or two. Talk about encouragement to love your husband, children and serve the Lord no matter what trials God has given you!!!!

“I will help you, says the Lord.” Isaiah 41:14

“This morning listen to the voice of the Lord Jesus speak, ‘I will help you. It is a small thing for me, your God, to help you. COnsider what I have already done. What! Not help you! I bought you with My blood. What! Not help you! I died for you. Since I have done the greater, will I not do less? Your requests are nothing compared with what I am willing to give. You need much, but it is nothing for me to grant your needs. Help you? Fear not! I will help you.’”

Sunny Southern California

Today was a great day!  It was a beautiful, hot day here in Southern California.  We had some of the boy’s friends over to play for a few hours while their mommy went to a doctor’s appointment with her littlest.  The kids rode bikes and played outside in our asphalt jungle here.  I love being in the sun, so it was delightful.  As my kids get bigger, some things get easier.  Watching other people’s kids is one of those things.

After they left, I was able to get some packing done while my neighbor took the biggest on walk.  Sorting through books is always easiest without the reader of those books.   We ended up getting pizza for dinner and enjoyed some time with Daddy.  Did I mention that I love being in the sun?  Daylight savings is so much fun.  It brings back such memories of being a little girl and playing for hours outside in bare feet.  Summer is my absolute favorite season, even when it’s HOT.  You can’t beat those warm summer evenings….ahhhhh.

On a baby related note…today I felt a little more sad than previous days.  I know that feelings will come and go, and I’m ok with that.  We were so excited to welcome this little baby into our family.  There is some comfort in the hope that the Lord may bless us again with another child, but I’m still sad about this baby.  I never realized just how much we, as mothers (and fathers too) start investing in our children from the moment we know that God has given them life.  Just think about all the hopes and dreams and prayers you offer up from the moment that test says positive.  Your mind fills with time lines and mental pictures of what will be, and how, and who will be there.  Who is that in my womb?  How will this precious one change our family?  How will the others relate to him or her?  How will it feel to love another little one so intensely?  There are so many things that fill your mind when you are expecting a little life.  It is an amazing thing.  So, now there is this strange transition back to the way things were before.  Those hopes and dreams won’t be realized for this baby, and that is sad.  I am thankful that the Lord promises to use this for good in our lives and that He is with us as we walk through it.  May He be glorified through this trial in our lives and use us to minister to others in a way we may not have been equipped to before.

Saturday Stuff

It is SO beautiful outside today!  I love to be out in the sun.  It has this calming, happy effect on me.  So, the boys rode bikes outside until lunch time and I chatted with my neighbor.  It was nice.  Sometimes I forget to go outside and I get into a funk.

I asked the oldest one this morning what his favorite thing to do is.  He responded with a smile, “Loving you.” Wow can he work it.  He’s so sweet and definitely knows what his momma likes to hear.  The littlest one is doing a bit better today, so I hope that he’s on the mend.  Lord willing, we’ll get a full nights sleep tonight.    But, if not we’ll just be thankful that he’s just got a cold and that we get to take care of him.  There’s just something about caring for these little guys when they’re really sick that feels so good.  Not the whining, I’m not too sick but I don’t feel quite right.  But the fever, I need mommy and daddy and I feel really yucky sick.  I don’t know if that makes sense…anyways have a great day!

Grown Up Stuff

Today I went and picked out a new refrigerator.  I feel so grown up now.  Buying a fridge is definitely a big girl thing.  We went to see the house and take some measurements.  It was nice to see it, and picture us living there soon.  There’s lots to do in the next couple of weeks.  The Lord is good to keep me busy.

Ordinary Is Good

The past few days have been full of anything but the ordinary.  Running to doctor’s appointments, resting in bed, laying on the couch, lots of movie watching for the kiddos, eating food that was made with love just for us.  So, today it feels good to be watching my kids and making them lunch.  I gave them haircuts and a shower (we won’t talk about how long it’s been since they had a shower), let them play outside and now they’re resting.  I don’t feel chipper, but content in this role of mommy.  Today it is helping to do the ordinary.  God has blessed us with two wonderful children and it feels good to do my job.  I hurt, but that’s ok.  Everyone has hurts and I am thankful that I am the daughter of a loving, caring, compassionate, feeling God who does no wrong.  He is here with me, and that’s enough.  Hope you are well on this windy day, enjoying whatever His gracious Hand deems fit.

Lord Willing

This is what my dear husband wrote to our church family yesterday:

“As Christians we use the phrase “Lord willing” when discussing our future plans because we know that our lives are in God’s hands and that He is directing everything (not only our individual lives) according to His plan. A few weeks ago I wrote that, Lord willing, a new Wentzel baby would be brought into the world in October. I’m sad to say that Stephanie miscarried this week.

We are saddened by this event, but we are not without hope. Stephanie and I have been comforted and encouraged by the fact that we belong to a wonderfully loving, wise, and sovereign God. We cannot always understand His ways, but we trust in His goodness.”

He said it perfectly!  I am very sad, but we have much hope.  Nothing can take my most precious relationship away, and that is with my Lord Jesus Christ.  There is so much hope there, and it is also there that we mourn and have sorrow.  Right there in His arms, and that’s where I am today.